Example sentences of "life [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 2 | ‘ Life 's like a patchwork quilt , ’ said Breeze reflectively . |
| 3 | This may be a reasonable philosophical argument when we are thinking in brief human terms , but the stratigraphical record and I both seem to prefer the doctrine of Thomas Osbert Mordaunt : " One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name " . |
| 4 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |
| 5 | His standard of life is of a minimal nature , ’ said Mr Francis . |
| 6 | You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being completely honest , even if you feel your devotional life is in a mess . |
| 7 | Michael Bowerman , defending , said : ‘ The prosecution is not in a position to proceed now and that is nothing to do with the defendant at all and yet his life is in a state of limbo . ’ |
| 8 | You know , they should be pitied , because , there is no way that my life is inside a ring binder . |
| 9 | Another participant was an elderly Orcadian poetess prone to say very , very softly things such as ‘ life is like a glass of pure water ’ . |
| 10 | For Christians who live closely with God , life is like a festival , and with each new believer brought into reality there is joy for all believers . |
| 11 | May I take the liberty of reminding the right hon. Gentleman of his relative 's famous quote in relation to his own personal position : that each man 's life is like a diary in which we set out to write one account and finish up writing something different and that our most humble moment comes when we compare what we have written with that which we intended to write . |
| 12 | Perhaps Sutherland 's life is like a ’ small ’ movie . |
| 13 | The interviewers always stressed the despair , that life was under a cloud , but the comradeship of the campaign and the fun we had along the way was just as real . |
| 14 | Whereby you know going back a bit it was quite the accepted thing to stand and have a chat for ten , twenty minutes and er life was at a slower pace . |
| 15 | He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster . |
| 16 | They tell us that a stonemason 's third marriage at 57 was his happiest ; or that a retired doctor found ‘ life was for a time difficult ’ for lack of ‘ any special hobbies . ’ |
| 17 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
| 18 | My father 's involvement in a plot on Hitler 's life was as a German . |